T-Nation taught me the difference between garbage advice in muscle magazines and quality information from true experts. It also motivated me to seek out the latter.
I am still new, so physical progress is coming!
However, T-Nation has given me something…
I live on a small island, where the concept of eating clean is having deep fried chicken legs, ribs, croquettes, etc. The fatter you are on the island - the more respect you get (well mostly the women that is).
Plus we import and drink more Heineken than any other caribbean island… oh yeah, we dont export it. Guess where it goes?
That being said - It gave me a new group of friends, mixed with experts and newbies like myself, to confide in and learn from.
It’s helping me build a mindset that outweighs my environmental factors.
T-Islander
T-Nation humbles me and a regular basis. 3-4 times a week usually.
I was down on my luck, barely going to the gym and when I was there just going through the motions. My job sucked the stress was killing me I had no social life to speak of, and no money.
This was in sharp contrast to just 4 years earlier when I was in great shape, had plenty of chedda and was generally happy. So I’m in the gym one day and I see a guy with tatts all over his arms doing curls, his form was great and he T just poured out of him, he saw me going through the motions and came over and talked to me. After a point he told me about T-Mag, and I joined the sight.
Flash forward 2years and now I’m in better shape I got rid of the lousy job, and just recently got asked the greatest quesion in the world “Do you wokout” I hadn’t heard those words related to me in such a long ass time it felt real good.
So in short I just have to say T-Nation changed my life
T-Nation has also made me less productive at work.
It has encouraged and nurtured my inner self, that self that wasn’t quite PC or wasn’t always polite. That inner part of myself that when someone was taking advatage of me would be itching to rip thier throat out. That inner part of myself that was NOT afraid to go talk to that amazing blonde at the end of the bar because she probably wouldn’t like me. That inner part of myself that didn’t want to give up or quit when things got really tough. That inner part that used to be nothing more than “inner”. T-Nation has pulled the cork off this bottle I had inside, that society and my upbringing in a world trying to feminize me has put there. “inner” gets out much more often now and “outer” likes the results very very much.
V
T-Nation has taught me not to respond to a thread started by someone with a name dealing with the siffing of the panites… 
Only kidding.
None of my friends are into health, working out, or anything of the like. I had one, but he quit going to the gym. My wife isn’t into it either. So T-Nation has given me what I’ve been missing. As much as a person can call people he’s never met “friends” I feel I have found friends that share the same interest and goals and desire to get better.
They taught me that olympic lifts are not a crime
[quote]T-Islander wrote:
I am still new, so physical progress is coming!
However, T-Nation has given me something…
I live on a small island, where the concept of eating clean is having deep fried chicken legs, ribs, croquettes, etc. The fatter you are on the island - the more respect you get (well mostly the women that is).
T-Islander[/quote]
Huh? Where do you live?
[quote]jsbrook wrote:
T-Islander wrote:
I am still new, so physical progress is coming!
However, T-Nation has given me something…
I live on a small island, where the concept of eating clean is having deep fried chicken legs, ribs, croquettes, etc. The fatter you are on the island - the more respect you get (well mostly the women that is).
T-Islander
Huh? Where do you live?
[/quote]
If only there was a place in your profile to put the location, and have it show up on all your pos … *** NO CARRIER ***
I too am less productive at work. Actually I get a little irritated when people call me or ask me to do work stuff. Can’t they see I’m busy learning about nutrition and exercise?
The advice and supplements are second to none here at T-Nation. I really am honored that we have a close community where some of the best strength coaches and nutrition guru’s from around the world let us in on the cutting edge science and info out there. Thank you guys! I’ll buy you a Grow! bar if I ever meet you.
I am thrilled, I now have my paycheck directly deposited in the bank of Biotest. j/k in case you were going to try that.
Keith
I’ve learned what works for me.
I have learned that you don’t have to work out each and every bodypart using a freaking swiss ball.
Along with great tips and wisdom, T-Nation has helped me completely transform my body.
About 6 years ago, I was a very dedicated lifter, but as with all things in my life, consistency lagged. So a few years were lost, and I’ve suffered badly for it from a training perspective. Despite my former dedication, in the past I had to have a training partner. Now, I can’t imagine being slowed down by one. I’m a very independent person, but sometimes the wrong half of my soul takes over my legs and leads me to self-destructive behavior and away from the positive instruction here. It’s a question of motivation.
What I’m saying is, every man worth his Grow! hates being called the following things:
-lazy
-chicken
-you disgusting fatty
-weak
-you skinny pencilneck fruit
-shiftless candyass
I’ve seen the following referred to day-in and day-out on this site by people that I know are none of the above or a reasonable facsimile thereof. Having an internet drill sergeant to motivate you into being better, bigger, stronger is AWESOME. Who needs a lifting partner when I keep in my head the words from Waterbury, King, etc.?
Anyway, my skinny ass is getting stronger and I’m getting more confident in my abilities everyday, so I owe a lot to T-Nation (and to my friend that introduced me to it).
I’ve learned more on T-Nation than I thought I knew in the past “8” years.
I use compound movements as my mainstay.
I eat the proper consumption of nutrients, my body demands, from the hell I put it through in the gym.
I also time nutrient intake to compliment energy levels, aid in muscle recovery, and continue strength gains.
I’ve cut my supplements by 1/3!
I learned that I can burn fat and gain muscle simultaneously.
And I have incorporated the many, many, many, helpful articles on the different styles of lifting.
And you know what? I’m bigger, leaner, healthier, and stronger than I have been in my entire life. And it only took me 4 months to turn myself around completely!
To this… My hat’s off to you T-Nation. Cough… Gratitude…
OD
[quote]lostinthought wrote:
None of my friends are into health, working out, or anything of the like. I had one, but he quit going to the gym. My wife isn’t into it either. So T-Nation has given me what I’ve been missing. As much as a person can call people he’s never met “friends” I feel I have found friends that share the same interest and goals and desire to get better. [/quote]
Same here!
By coming to T-Nation I have “exorcised the demon”, and by demon I mean misinformation. Until I came here I read too many shitty articles, ate too many shitty meals, and made just plain shitty gains. Now I have a new demon, one that gathers usefull knowledge and puts it to use like I never thought I could before, not to mention the desire to crush all those that stand before me…oops, wrong demon!
I’m still a newbie/beginner. I have learned that there’s much more to learn! 
Seriously, I’m not afraid of the free weights room anymore. I feel comfortable in there. I also learn proper form and proper nutrition here. Nutrition has never been my strong suit, but this has been a great place for good info and I’m glad for that.
It’s taught me to ‘hate’, those doing curls in the only squat rack in the gym. Which is also only used for squats by a selected few.
It has made me and my partner the only two which deadlift in the gym, and deep squat.
It has shown me the the junk people do at the gym.
It has given me goals, and the means to attain them.
Lastly, it has given me something to do at work.
I can constantly change my routine to another good one. I quit overtraining so I can work out more often.
Before T-Nation I did stuff and had good results to a point.
Now with T-Nation I do better stuff, the kind of stuff that makes it look like I wasn’t doing anything before.